Cigar and cigarette holder



AM as 1924. 1,490,498

C. A. WYAND CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER "Filed July 22 l9l9 I 36 Waj 49 WIT/mm,-

' To all whom it mag concern: 1

.- 1,490,498 ECEQ EW Y arm scanner 1 Application filed July 22, 1919. Serial No. 812,.

- the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this specification, and to the re erence numerals marked thereon.

This is an invention in appliances for tobacco users, and, more especially, in cigar and cigarette holders, the chief object of the invention being to provide a convenient and e practical holder having a suitable mouth piece and a guard for preventing contact of the lighted end of the cigar or cigarette with objects which might be ignited or injured thereby and for receiving the ashes dropped from the tobacco.

Other objects are the provision of a holder and guard, or ash receptacle, so constructed that the latter may be conveniently opened for access to the interior thereof and for insorting or lighting the cigar or cigarette, or may be separated from the holder to permit the use of the holder alone, if so desired, and also the provision of means for protecting the guard itself from becoming unduly heated. To these and other ends'the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described. the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a .side elevation of the invention.

Figure 2 isa section on the line 2- a of Figure 1 showing the sections of the guard in opened or separated relation.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the device showing the sections of the guard in opened relation and swung away from the cigar for access thereto.

Figure 1 is a section on the line P -4 of Figure 1. s

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fi ire 1.

imilar reference characters throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

The invention, as embodied in the form at present preferred, comprises a cigar or cigarette holder or mouth piece, indicated at 10, having a bit 11, and an opening 12 for the passage of smoke. The holder is preferably formed with a recessed portion 13, Figure 2, adapted for the reception of a thimble '14 bent upon itself to embrace the end of the mouth piece and. tapered as at 15 to recelveand retain the end of a cigar or cigarette 16. The interior of this portion of the mouthpiece is also preferably tapered as at 17, and the thimble frictionally and detachablyengages the mouthpiece so that it may be removed, if so desired, and the mouthpiece used" alone without the guard, which is carried by the t-himble and described hereafter, in which case the cigar or cigarette is inserted directly in the tapered portion 17 of the mouthpiece.

Pivotally attached to the thimble, as by means of the rivets 18, is one section 19 of a two part guard and ash receptacle having a counterpart section 20, the sections being movably and preferably pivotally connected as at 21. The sections or halves of the guard are preferably reduced as at 22 to provide portions 23 adapted to closely engage the outside of thimble 14. As illustrated in Figure 3 when the sections of the guard are in angle to the mouthpiece for conveniently inserting a cigar or cigarette, or for lighting the latter, or for access to the interior of the guard or receptacle for cleaning the latter.

A means is provided for locking the sections of the guard together, comprising :1 lug 24 on the part 20, having a projection 24: adapted to besprung into engagement with a recess 25 on the part 19 when the sections are brought together about the cigar, as shown in Figure 1, in which position the sections are securely fastened together and the portions 23 thereof snugly engage the thimble to secure the guard rigidly to the latter and to the mouthpiece.

The construction and arrangement of the parts is such that the cigar is normally held in spaced relation with the guard, but to prevent inadvertent contact between the lighted end of the latter and the wall of the guard, and the undue heating of the'latter, each section of theguard preferably has secured thereto a lining 26, of asbestos or other suitable material for resisting heat, and means is also provided for preventing contact between the cigar and the lining, comprising a series of ribs or wires 27 conforming generally in shape to the interior of the guard and preferably secured thereto at mit the dropping of ashes from the guard or receptacle.

The holder or mouthpiece and guard are readily detachable for use of the former alone when desired, but the guard or ash receptacle is very useful when smoking indoors in that the device, with a lighted cigar or cigarette inserted, may be conveniently laid down, or even placed in the pocket of the smoker, Without any danger of setting fire to or injuring surrounding objects or dropping the ashes. Also when smoking in a wind the ashreceptacle prevents the fiying of sparks and ashes as is particularly objectionable when the smoker is occupying the forward seat of. a moving vehicle. The guard also protects the cigar against drafts and thus facilitates its even burning. The device may, of course, be made in various sizes and its construction permits of the convenient insertion of the cigar or the relighting of the same and of access to the interior for removal of accumulated ashes. The device is inexpensive to manufacture and presents an attractive appearance.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a cigar holder and guard, a mouthpiece, a thimble detachably carried thereon, said mouthpiece and thimble each having a portion adapted to receive and retain a cigar, a guard section pivotally attached'to the thimble, and a second guard section movably attached to said first section, said sections having means for immovably securing them together and being apertured to admit the air.

2. In a cigar holder and guard, a mouthpiece, a two part guard having one of its parts movably secured to the mouthpiece to permit movement relative to the latter for access to the cigar, connections between said guard parts for moving them relative to each other to afford access to the interior thereof and also for immovably securing them together, and protecting means to prevent undue heating of the guard parts.

3. In a cigar holder and guard, a mouthpiece, a two part guard having an end of one of its parts pivoted to the mouthpiece to permit movement relative to the latter for access to the cigar, said other part being unattached to said mouthpiece, pivotal connections between said parts permitting them to be swung apart about a longitudinal axis for access to the interior thereof, and securing means for immovably attaching the parts together.

4. In a cigar holder and guard, a mouthpiece, a thimble detachably mounted thereon, a guard and ash receiver comprising a plurality of sections movably secured to each other along longitudinal sides thereof to expose a cigar contained in the holder, a connection between an end of one of said sections and the thimble permitting the guard to be moved away from the cigar when the latter is exposed, and means for securing said sections to each other about the cigar and to the thimble.

5. In a cigar holder and guard, a mouthpiece, a guard attached thereto formed in a plurality of rections separably connected with each other for access to the interior thereof, a heat resisting lining for said sections, and means for preventing engagement of the cigar with the lining.

CHARLES A. WYAND. 1 

